Storm-sleeve.



`sToRM SLEEVE. APPLICATION FILED $1121.16. v1913.

'Paenned 11.11.31, 1914,

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W'ITNESSES mok/VHS HERMAN HERTZ, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

STORM-SLEEVE.

y-To all whom may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMAN 'Hnn'rz, a

Y citizen of the United States, and a resident .of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New lgYork, have invented a new and Improved Storm-Sleeve, of which't-he following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to outer garments and has particular reference to storm coats or the like adapted particularly for chauffeurs or other drivers.

Among the objects of this invention is to provide 'a garment of the character set forth having sleeves which, in lone adapt-ation thereof, have the appearance .of ordinary sleeves provided with outer cuffs, but

' in another adaptation they provide effective hand coverings, keeping out wind, snow or rain, the arrangement being such in the latter adaptation as to completely exclude lthe elements. j

t A. further object of this invention is to devise a foldable or convertible garment of particularly neat appearance when in either position or adaptation. y

Thel'foregoing and' other Iobjects of this invention will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specificacion in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in whichp S Figure 1 is a perspective yview of a storm coat sleevehaving my improvement attached thereto and in open or normal position; Fig.

` 2 is a similar view of the same, partially unfolded; F 1g. 31s a similar view, unfolded or extended; Fig. 4 is a similar view shown lng the face of th'e mitt and the relation of the several cuil' portions'in an unfolded pos1- tion; Fig 5 is a longitudinal section through the upper side ofthe cuff as taken onthe line 5-5 of Fig. l; and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section on the line (3-6 of Fig. 3.

The several parts of the device may be made, of any-materials suitable for the purposes herein set forth, and the relative forms or general design of the same may be varied to a certain extent without departing from the spirit of the invention hereinafter more fully set fortlrand specifically claimed. I

' wish it to be understood at this time, also,

that when I refer hereinafter'to the term frnltt as 4representing the hand covering, such term 1s to be glven an lnterpretatlon Specification of Letters Patent. `.Application filed4 September 16, 1913. Serial No. 789,961.

broad enough to include a glove or any other form of hand covering, the invention not being limited to any particular form of such. hand covering.

At 10 I show a garment Isleeve of'any conventional or approved design, vand to it is connected a cuff 11, the connection being between the lower edge of the cuff when in its normal position and the corresponding edge of the sleeve, the connection being made by stitching or the like as indicated at 1.2 in F ig. 5. The cuff may, if desired, for the purpose of convenience, be open at one side as shown at 13, and one end thereof is provided with oneor more buttons 14 and thc other end thereof is provided with as many buttonholes 15 which, when the cuff and mitt are extended, receive said buttons 14. In normal position the buttonholes 15 receive a correspon-ding series of buttons 16 connected to the lower portion of the sleeve.

I wish it to be understood at this time, however, that the terms buttons fand buttonholes as used herein should be interpreted broadly enough to cover any suitable-form of temporary' fasteners.

The cuff and mitt construction is preferably made up' as follows: Two members 17 and 18 represent the face and back respectively of the mitt and the means for securing the same to the end of the sleeve. Each of these members carries with -it the inner and -outer parts of the .thumb shown at 17 and 18" respectively, and they are shown as being stitched together at their edges throughout.

their length.y It will be understood that the aforesaid members 17 and 18 comprise not only the mitt-proper, but also the cuff portions leading to the stitching 12 and which portions, when folded, including the mitt, constitute the cuff as viewed in Fig. 1.

As shown in Fig. G, the back of the mitt 18A is connected by the stitching 12 to the lower edge of the sleeve, making a complete windshield at this point. There is an open ing, however, provided at 19 into or through which the hand passes when the ,attachment is extended. This opening 19 appears at the lower outer end of the cuff when the cuff is in normal position as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The thumbfolds inwardly on the line 20,

-Fig. 4. The end of the mitt proper folds outwardly on the line 21, but together with the middle portion of the mitt folds inwardly on the line .20 and within the cuil. portieri of the mitt, making aneat appear- Patented Mar. 31, 1914...y

ance, and the parts are so held in folded 'position bythe buttons 16 received in the buttonholes '15 of the culi'. Said buttons, therefore, serve not only as fasteners, but as finishing ornaments for the cuff in either position. When the mitt is extended and occupied, the buttons 14; in the same buttonholes 15 make a complete finish and constitute means for excluding the elements, the -opening 19 coming well under and withinthe inner cuff portion which carries 4thelouttons 14. Having thus described iy invention', I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a storm sleeve, the combination with a' sleeve proper, of a convertible cu compris ing two principal parts constituting the face and back members of a mitt secured together at their edges and at their upper edge to the lower edge of the sleeve proper, said mitt being` foldable upon itsel and within the cuff portion thereof, said cuff portion being open at its' under side, and twosetsof fasteningy buttons-arranged adjacent one edge of said opening and upon the sleeve proper, respectively, and said culi having a set of buttonholes arranged along the opposite edge of said opening and coperating with both 'sets`T of buttons in alternation to secure the parts in either the folded or the extended position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my namefto this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' HERMAN HERTZ.

Witnesses:

MAX GARFINCKEL, ADOLPH SALZMAN. I i 

